Just down the street from the Seaton House men’s shelter on George St., people gathered Sunday around a makeshift memorial for Rala Federick.

Two large stuffed animals, candles stuck into beer bottles and an uneaten plate of food on a disposable plate were positioned by the sidewalk in front of some vacant housing that lines a portion of the street.

Federick, 36, became Toronto’s 22nd homicide victim this year, when he was shot around 2 a.m. Sunday morning near Dundas and Jarvis Sts. According to paramedics, he was shot in the abdomen and rushed to the hospital in critical condition, where he later died.

Another man, 37, was also shot and had minor injuries.

Police are seeking a suspect who they believe approached the men and shot them with a handgun.

On George St., Federick was remembered as a man with a difficult past but as a good guy and a dad who was trying to get his life on the straight and narrow.

“He was bettering his life and trying to change his life from all of this addiction and stuff,” said Anthony Reid. “He actually was changing his life around — just had another kid, he was on the straight path.”

Reid said that Federick just came by to say hi to some old friends. “Wrong place, wrong time.”

People gathered around, remembering, drinking and just hanging out.

“Nobody ever takes the time to come down here except when somebody gets shot … there’s people out here struggling with, like, their problems every day,” said Ian Bullen, who used to live in Seaton House.

Reid also remembered Federick for his generosity, saying that even if he only had $5, if you had nothing he’d be willing to spare a dollar or two if he could.

“Like down here, that’s somethin’ special, because people down here don’t give away anything because we can’t afford to,” said Bullen.

“He was actually away from here for a couple years. He was staying clean for a while,” said Tina Roberto.